This is it folks, the best of the best!
3 hours of MP3s covering my favourite albums that this year has offered up to me.
Notes:
- My list is of course rather Canadian heavy, but that is perfect for Canadians because you have probably have a chance to see many of these people on tour. And great for everyone else because you will hear some magical sounds that you might not have been exposed to otherwise.
- You can buy the Yamantaka // Sonic Titan album at http://yamantakasonictitan.bandcamp.com
- And remember: These albums make the perfect holiday gifts.
- holiday music post, the final post of the year, coming soon!
- TURN UP THE SPEAKERS, FLICK ON THE SUBWOOFER
CAITLYN'S FAVOURITE ALBUMS OF 2011
1) Elbow - Build a Rocket Boys!
2) Young Galaxy - Shapeshifting
3) Tune-Yards - W H O K I L L
4) Beirut - The Rip Tide
5) Jessica Lea Mayfield - Tell Me
6) The Decemberists - The King Is Dead
7) The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck
8) Bill Callahan - Apocalypse
9) Hey Rosetta! - Seeds
10) The Antlers - Burst Apart
11) Tom Waits - Bad As Me
12) Yuck - Yuck
13) Action Bronson - Dr. Lecter
14) Okkervil River - I Am Very Far
15) Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
16) M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
17) Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
18) Yamantaka // Sonic Titan - YT-ST
19) Feist - Metals
20) St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
21) EMA - Past Life Martyed Saints
22) Dan Mangan - Oh Fortune
23) Big K.R.I.T. - ReturnOf4Eva
24) Cults - Cults
25) James Blake - James Blake
26) Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
27) OST - The Book Of Mormon
28) Aurelio - Laru Beya
29) Class Actress - Rapprocher
30) Patrick Wolf - Lupercalia
31) Nicholas Jaar - Space Is Only Noise
32) Sidi Toure - Sahel Folk
33) The Horrors - Skying
34) PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
35) Sandro Perri - Impossible Spaces
36) Bon Iver - Bon Iver
37) Braids - Native Speaker
38) Youth Lagoon - The Year Of Hibernation
39) Cloud Nothings - Cloud Nothings
40) The Go! Team - Rolling Blackouts
#01-20: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20111213.zip
#21-40: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20111212.zip
Best experimental/instrumental albums: http://djcpi.blogspot.com/2011/12/best-of-2011-experimentalinstrumental.html
2011, Year In Review: http://djcpi.blogspot.com/2011/12/best-of-2011-2011-in-review.html
And in case you want some more cream-of-the-crop albums as last-minute stocking-stuffers, a quick review of my top albums from prior years that you really should own by now...
2010: The National - High Violet
2010: Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
2009: Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
2009: The Antlers - Hospice
2008: Rae Spoon - SuperiorYouAreInferior
2008: The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
2007: El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
2007: Beirut - The Flying Cup Club
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Action Bronson - Moonstruck
Action Bronson - Shiraz
Beirut - Goshen
Beirut - Santa Fe
Bill Callahan - One Fine Morning
Bill Callahan - Universal Applicant
Elbow - Dear Friends
Elbow - Lippy Kids
Elbow - Open Arms
Feist - Graveyard
Feist - How Come You Never Go There
Gang Gang Dance - Glass Jar
Gang Gang Dance - MindKilla
Hey Rosetta! - New Sum (Nous Sommes)
Hey Rosetta! - Yer Spring
Jessica Lea Mayfield - Our Hearts Are Wrong
Jessica Lea Mayfield - Run Myself Into The Ground
Lykke Li - Get Some
Lykke Li - Sadness Is A Blessing
M83 - Claudia Lewis
M83 - Intro (ft Zola Jesus)
Okkervil River - Hanging From A Hit
Okkervil River - Wake and Be Fine
St. Vincent - Neutered Fruit
St. Vincent - Surgeon
The Antlers - French Exit
The Antlers - Putting The Dog To Sleep
The Decemberists - Rise To Me
The Decemberists - This Is Why We Fight
The Mountain Goats - Estate Sale Sign
The Mountain Goats - High Hawk Season
Tom Waits - Satisfied
Tom Waits - Talking at the Same Time
Tune-Yards - Bizness
Tune-Yards - My Country
Yamantaka __ Sonic Titan - Hoshi Neko (single version)
Young Galaxy - B.S.E.
Young Galaxy - Blown Minded
Young Galaxy - Cover Your Tracks
Yuck - Holing Out
Yuck - Sunday
EXUENTE! http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20111213.zip
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Enjoy!
~CPI
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